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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1917
Page
2
The text advises farmers to cull unprofitable fowls for feed efficiency and to fatten chickens before sale. It promotes expanding production of turkeys ducks geese and guineas with ducks highlighted for rapid growth and favorable meat weight. Duck meat cost ranges from 5 to 12 cents per pound depending on grain prices.
An advertising note promotes Joans ointment for quick relief from muscle strain soreness stiffness and external pains. It claims easy application penetrates without rubbing and leaves no skin staining. Available at druggists for 25 cents.
At a St Louis agricultural conference the claim was made that US poultry output could double within a year if all possible helpers act. The plan includes selling nonproductive fowls and culling poor stock to add substantial meat and eggs to the market.
The biennial Trade Trip by Waco business men arrives on a special train May 24 at 12 11 noon. A goodly number of Waco business men on the train will seek meetings with local firms and Cameronites can meet many familiar Waco friends during the anticipated visit.
Sufferers are urged to try Po-Do Lax as a natural liver regulator. The ad claims May apple extract stimulates bile flow and gently cleanses the intestines to brighten complexion and restore energy. Available at druggists for 50 cents.
Zaras Criswell of this place John Provazek of route 1 near town and Frank Hundle near Rogers Milam county left last Monday for Waco to join the navy Buckholts News
Milam County Sheriff Allen Hooks announces a public sale of the Texas Cooking Oil Company property by virtue of a May 1917 writ to satisfy a 579.22 debt with costs. The sale covers all real and personal property including the Burlington plant, stock, fixtures, and goodwill, with the auction set for June 5, 1917 at the Milam County Courthouse in Cameron.
An old advertisement proclaims Dr King’s New Discovery as a soothing balsam that heals the throat loosens phlegm and kills germs. It claims quick relief for grippe croup and bronchial affections and notes availability at druggists for 50 cents.
Ollie and Elford Wilson of Bryant Station and Ray Daniels of Buckholts left for Waco on Tuesday. Daniels aims for the navy while the Wilson brothers seek the army if they pass the exam.
An advertisement touts Lax-Fos as a mild effective laxative and liver tonic. It claims the formula contains Cascare in acceptable form and that it does not gripe or disturb the stomach while stimulating digestive and hepatic secretions.
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